How to control bandwidth for wireless clients on a WX100 WLAN controller

How to control bandwidth for wireless clients on a WX100 WLAN controller

Introduction
This document describes how to control bandwidth for wireless client on a WX100 WLAN controller


Prerequisites
Requirements
A Hotel has recently installed UTT WLAN solution. It’s quite annoying that some guests will download movies or play online games which will occupy the bandwidth a lot. There’re 100 rooms in this hotel and they use WX100 as the WLAN controller and gateway as well. In every room, UTT’s in-wall AP WA500N is installed. They also installed 5 WA2000N in the lobby and meeting rooms.

Components Used
UTT WLAN controller WX100; Firmware version: WX100v1.6.0-131219;
UTT WLAN in-wall AP WA500N; Firmware version: ReOS SE1.6;
UTT WLAN in-ceiling AP WA2000N; Firmware version: ReOS SE1.6;
UTT PoE Switch: S3324GP;


Background Information
Configure
Network Diagram
  
Configuration
1.    Configuring DHCP pool for guests, go to Network > DHCP Server > DHCP Address Pool page,  next click Add to go to DHCP Address Pool setup page, and then configure it, lastly click Save. 
 


2.    Configuring WLAN, go to AP Controller > WLANs, next click Add to go toWLAN settings page. Add WLAN test, and then configure it, lastly click Save.
Note: Please pay attention to reference the DHCP pool pool2.
 
  

3.    Configuring user group. go to User Management > User Group page, next click Add to go to User Group Settings page, and then configure it, lastly click Save.
 
 


 


4.    Configuring bandwidth management for wireless clients. Go to QoS > Fixed Rate Limiting page, next click Add go to QoS > Fixed Rate Limiting Settings page, and then configure it, lastly click Save.
 


 

5.    Join WLAN. Go to AP Controller > AP Management page, next click Select All to select all the online APs, input the Global Password(make sure all the password are the same),click Batch Operate.
 
It will automatically jump to AP Controller > Batch Operate page, next click Distribute SZ to distribute WLANs to APs.

 
Select the guest WLANs and click Join WLAN button to join the selected WLAN guest.
 


Verify
All the wireless clients connecting to AP will be limited with Max Rx. Bandwidth 512Kbit/s, Max. Tx. bandwidth 256Kbit/s.
 


Troubleshoot
1.    After joining the configured WLANs, all APs will be shortly shut down the wireless function and restart WiFi, it may take 1 to 2 minutes.
2.    All APs should be online and the firmware version will be ReOS SE 1.6.